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THE SKED NETWORK RATINGS SCORECARD – 9/30/13

Posted October 1, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  And like that, CBS’s Monday is in trouble. CBS:  The final season of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER is holding up well enough, down 0.6 from last week’s season debut to 3.1.  After that, it gets ugly.  WE ARE MEN had a lousy 2.0 debut, which is down 0.4 from the start for last […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/24/14

Posted February 25, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The only move from this morning was a 0.1 hike for THE BACHELOR to 2.5. MONDAY CABLE:  DALLAS (TNT) had a decent Season 3 return at 0.8 in 18-49s–below last season’s premiere and finale, but in line with the season average.  Total viewers, at 2.7M, were at a similar level.  WWE (USA) […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.3.2020

Posted November 4, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

Note: The numbers for the live Election Night coverage below on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX contains a mix of different programs across different time zones. Wait until this afternoon for more accurate program ratings for these broadcast programs.  On a strictly early-numbers-to-early-numbers basis, the networks are all down from 2016 (as one would expect, […]

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/15/12

Posted April 16, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> NYC 22 goes down with the ship. CBS:  It was almost a full year ago that CBS announced the arrival of NYC 22 (which has changed titles since then), and after all that time… nobody cared.  The show debuted to a terrible 1.5, unable even to hold its mediocre 1.8 lead-in from THE GOOD WIFE […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.2.2018

Posted May 3, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK REPORT: ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS aired its first new episode since April 11, and dropped 0.1 to 1.2.  ALEX INC was at 0.8, compared to last week’s 0.7/0.6.  Also returning for the first time in 3 weeks, MODERN FAMILY fell 0.2 to 1.2, and AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE lost 0.2 to 0.9.  DESIGNATED […]

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The Sked: Thursday Official Ratings — Game 2 Better Than It Seemed This Morning…But Still a Record Low

Posted October 26, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

In the official ratings, Game 2 of the World Series came in at a 3.5 rating with Adults 18-49, above the 2.9 fast national rating and even higher than our adjusted 3.3 rating from this morning.  The World Series remains a disaster, however. Last night is clearly the lowest rated Game 2 in history with […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 2.22-2.28.2021

Posted March 2, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 22 through Sunday February 28, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

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The Sked: Fast Nationals Overview — SMASH Crashes and Burns Spectacularly

Posted February 6, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Without The Voice to support it, Smash started its second season with a ratings trainwreck to match the creative disaster that is the show.  Read Mitch Salem’s review here. Half-hour ratings for network television last night are shown below.  Most notably, Smash started at 1.3 rating with adults 18-49 (already down from its very modest lead-in, Betty White’s 2nd Annual 90th Birthday — […]

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